BLAZER BOOSTER CLUB NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2020

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO OUR BLAZER BOOSTER CLUB FAMILY

UPCOMING DATES: NONE SCHEDULED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

ITEMS IN THE NEWSLETTER: BLAZER BIRTHDAYS PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE WHO LEFT -WHO JOINED US SCHEDULE HOW TO REACH OFFICERS

BLAZER BIRTHDAYS: JAN 1 GARY TRENT JR JAN 18 BRIAN WHEELER

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: Hopefully, all of us (and families) are staying healthy and safe.

A. The Blazers have solidified and improved their team (with great depth). If their injuries stay minimized, we should have an exciting and successful season. Charles Barkley even placed a $100,000 bet that the Blazers would win the West and go the NBA Finals. Charles, I hope you win your bet!

B. At least for the first months of the season, there will be no fans at Moda . The chances of the Booster Club being allowed to meet this season are low but hope springs eternal so maybe we will have a meeting (or maybe our summer picnic).

C. As a reminder, please go to our Facebook page and see links to interesting articles which I posted. Go there to increase our view count for more public visibility. If you're a Facebook member, “like” the page and each individual article.

D. Interesting Tidbit: Over the next 5 years, the Blazers only have one of their own second-round draft picks (2022). The other 4 years have been traded away. They do have Atlanta's 2nd round pick in 2024 only in the unlikely case that pick is 56-60 (i.e., Atlanta has one of the five worst NBA records that season).

E. One of the top Country Western songs of all time is “Happy Trails to You” by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. If they were still alive, maybe they could change if for us to “Happy Trailblazers to You”. Of course, if any of you has a good voice, maybe you could do so at a future meeting.

PLAYERS WHO WILL NO LONGER WEAR A BLAZER UNIFORM - opted out of the NBA restart in Orlando - signed with the New Orleans Pelicans MARIO HERZONJA- traded to the Memphis Grizzlies, and then they released him -traded to Houston, and then traded to Detroit HASSAN WHITESIDE-signed with the JAYLEN HOARD- had a brief stint with the Thunder but has since been released MOSES BROWN- will sign a two-way contract with the Thunder

PLAYERS WHO WILL NOW WEAR A BLAZER UNIFORM - comes back to us from Boston., said he was “back home.” He is from Turkey. - comes to us from the Houston Rockets III- comes from the Sacrament Kings DERRICK JONES JR-signed with us from free agency CJ ELLEBY-obtained in the NBA draft - A rookie on a two-way contract, and ’s cousin.

SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER AND JANUARY WED. DEC 23 JAZZ 7:00 home SAT DEC 26 ROCKETS 7:00 home MON DEC 28 LAKERS 7:00 WED DEC 30 CLPPERS 7:00 FRI JAN 1 WARRIORS 7:30 SUN JAN 3 WARRIORS 5:30 TUE JAN 5 BULLS 7:30 home THUR JAN 7 T-WOLVES 7:00 home SAT JAN 9 KINGS 7:00 MON JAN 11 RAPTORS 7:00 home WED JAN 13 KINGS 7:00 THUR JAN 14 PACERS 7:00 home SAT JAN 16 HAWKS 7:00 home MON JAN 18 SPURS 12:00home WED JAN 20 GRIZZLIES 7:00 home FRI JAN 22 GRIZZLIES 7:00 home SUN JAN 24 NICKS 6:00 home MON JAN 25 THUNDER 7:00 home THUR JAN 28 ROCKETS 6:30 SAT JAN 30 BULLS 2:00

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